An interactive art installation that reads and lights-up text on paper to form poetry.

Next to a table sits a stack of newspaper and magazine articles. The visitor places one of the articles on the table. A camera above the table reads the text and processes it. Then, everything goes dark, and magically the is lit up by an overhead projector. Individual words and phrases are lit up, creating poetry out of the original text.

User Scenario
A table and chair sit alone in a dark room below a single light. On the table sits a stack of newspaper and magazine articles. The visitor places one of the articles in the center of the table and clips it down. Then, everything goes dark, and magically the text is lit up. Individual words and phrases are lit up, creating poetry out of the original text.